Did you know...? Two of the masterpieces of art history par excellence, the sculpture of The David (1501-1504) by Michelangelo Buonarroti and the picture of the Mona Lisa (1502-1506), painted by the great Leonardo da Vinci, were created at the beginning sixteenth century, during roughly the same period of years. Interestingly, while Michelangelo sculpted the David of 5.17 meters high white marble for decorate the facade of the Cathedral of Santa Maria di Fiore, da Vinci did the same with the Mona Lisa painting with the technique of sfumato he himself invented in the splendid Italian Renaissance.

El David de Miguel Ángel se situó finalmente por deseo expreso del propio artista al frente de la fachada del Palazzo Vecchio, a un lado de la entrada principal. De esta forma, su "gigante" podría ser observado en todo su esplendor por todos los florentinos. La calidad de la obra de La Gioconda realizada con la técnica del sfumato, obra de Leonardo da Vinci, la han convertido en la pintura más famosa del mundo por excelencia; ésta, custodiada bajo estrictas medidas de seguridad, puede admirarse en la actualidad en el Museo del Louvre de París. / Michelangelo's David finally stood at the express wish of the artist in front of the facade of the Palazzo Vecchio, aside from the main entrance. Thus, the "giant" could be seen in all its glory by all the Florentines. The quality of the work of La Gioconda on the technique of sfumato, Leonardo da Vinci's work, have made her the most famous painting in the world par excellence it, guarded under tight security today can be admired in the Louvre Museum in Paris.